Articles Written by Steven Muller From Isnare.com http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Steven+Muller History Of The Spanish Language Education Steven Muller Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=66422&ca=Education Spanish is, after Mandarin Chinese and English, the third most spoken language in the world, with an estimated 400.000.000 of native speakers throughout the planet. Its origins, however, are much more reduced, both geographically and numerically. Together with other initially European languages such... An Introduction To Spanish Grammar Education Steven Muller Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=66425&ca=Education When learning a new language, it is always useful to be familiar with its main grammatical units. This constitutes the first necessary step in order to understand and create meaningful speech. Here are the main grammatical elements in Spanish and some useful information about them: Nouns: A noun is... History Of The Spanish Language In Latin America Education Steven Muller Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=66423&ca=Education The Spanish language arrived in America first through Cristóbal Colón’s exploratory travels, and then with the rest of colonizers, at the end of the fifteenth century. At this point the Spanish language was already firmly consolidated in the Iberian peninsula. In the “new world”, however, Spanish ha... Spanish Dialects Education Steven Muller Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=66424&ca=Education A dialect is defined in linguistic terms as a language variety which is spoken in a specific territory. In the Spanish peninsula, for example, there are different dialects of Spanish. One should not, however, mix up the different dialects in Spain with the different languages spoken in the Peninsula... Spanish Language Teaching Methods Education Steven Muller Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=66426&ca=Education Most people would agree on the absolute necessity of learning a foreign language in today’s society. But what is the most adequate, most effective way to do it? Here things get a little bit more complicated. Different answers to this question have guided the various methods employed in the language...